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It's just that the physiology bottom line is men are a lot physically stronger than women- while a man may be with an abusive woman it doesn't inherently have the same result- that simple fact along with the predilection many more males have towards serious violence, rape and homicide.
It's just that the physiology bottom line is men are a lot physically stronger than women- while a man may be with an abusive woman it doesn't inherently have the same result- that simple fact along with the predilection many more males have towards serious violence, rape and homicide.
Regardless of men being stronger or not maybe one day women/men will be supportive to men when it comes to domestic violence as the numbers show that men and women are victims as often pretty much. Since society still thinks it is no big deal for men, make fun of them, come up with excuses “but they are worse!”, men are not as hurt, etc. men will continue to be silent about it. It’s a lose/lose situation for men unfortunately. If more men looked for help and reported domestic violence I wonder how much would the numbers increase as they are not that different.
It's just that the physiology bottom line is men are a lot physically stronger than women- while a man may be with an abusive woman it doesn't inherently have the same result- that simple fact along with the predilection many more males have towards serious violence, rape and homicide.
I agree. Violence is NEVER okay, especially when it's against someone you're supposed to love, but I believe that 99% of the time, women are in far more danger and more at risk than men in these volatile relationships, even though there are women who abuse men.
From their FEMALE partners? Do you have any experience with this?
Will look it up again for specifics but even though women do commit physical abuse, it doesn't result in serious injuries most of the time, and yes poster good question- because a lot of domestic violence against men is by their male partners.
Almost all ER dv victims are female
Almost all dv homicides the victim is female
Most domestic violence by a woman to a man is from his becoming violent first
Virtually all sexual assaults against a partner are either a man to a woman or a man to a man- not men getting raped by their female partner
Sadly, I do, in my 20s. Ugh. Both physical and mental. Not cool. It's far too common, and definitely under reported.
Sad stuff all around.
Ok, sorry. If it's not reported, the how's and why's, it's hard to picture.
I know when I got punched hard enough to hit the ground in a parking lot, had I been a man I may have had the strength or at least the mindset to get up and kick somebody's ass. Being a woman we have a tendency more to stay down.
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Ok, sorry. If it's not reported, the how's and why's, it's hard to picture.
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Sure, as I'm sure you know, both domestic abuse and sexual assaults are way way underreported. As a guy, I do think there is a cultural pressure to not report it because of how I'd be perceived (I'm sure there has been studies on this, but I've not read them). I can't imagine reporting a woman for it, no matter what... I had to get stitches once, and I totally lied to the people at the ER how it happened. Thankfully though, I don't think I would get in this situation again. I was a different person in my 20s. The hows and whys, well, I wish this were a safe place to discuss openly, but with all the macho bro dude posters (and heck, the "men should be men" stuff too from a small contingent of women), it's really not a safe space to speak of openly.
I can definitely relate to that.
Thanks for sharing.
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